• J ~ ' .- ·· .antl ·dMdDIIIlts. ' )$J gro~n~; .Atu,'·-~Hour ·~nttes ~re ~mpty ' unlel'ff>Gods S,Pirit .doihpndbad.o.w the foul. ·As ~lit Spirit 9-J'Goftin~n~ elitP~.ordinary Wl\Y did raifc,~pand ·work upon •the 'ProphtW, "''l'ta– :kin~them.above t.befiJf~lv~s; fo· tpe~pirittJf:-Gb'd lin - ~iPEn'- .aina(y way, doth fan·Qifie'andr~~w .our·natt\iei, :ft Jfilleth the {oul with power, and enableth -it by fuch divine ib'iftanc.t, that the .tti ings which by nature could never be dollevh¥ grace z.r.(: perform·cd with great ~afe :tnd delight. The fame Greek wor.d ?r!ts~f-"t is attributed both toamans fpirit or foul, and to the holy Spi rit; now as thatgiveth frich motions 'aud operadons: to the b'ody, which of it felf·it' could ever perform ; fo doth the Spirit of God to thofe who partake of·it. HenceStephen and others when they performed any notable exploit of grace, it is fa id, They \\?ere filled l\?ith the lstJ/y Ghoft• This fi're will J).refently make che cold ice to melt~ That which SalomonfiiCl ofbqdinfu!ltulls, CanAmt~ntakJftre in his "9- . for», . and iou cl0111ths not be hurnt? is alfo true of ·this holy and ' 'divine ti're: It cannot be in amans heart, but. the heavenly flames thereof will appear in our duties : Ohtb~n pray tha& thou maiefibe the Templeofthc holJ Ghofl, thy hearttbe AI· tall upon which .all thy fpiritual Sacrifices fuall be offered,and love'the fir@, to make thee an whole burnt-offering. 'That as )n the Jewiflt adminiRration every S"crifice was to be with· fait and fire; fo there may be fuch a fplritual feafoning of the whole man with a·ready offering up of our ftlves to Go'", that as Eliahs body was carried up wi th a wbirlwinde, .and" jiBrJ chariot t6 heaven~ fo our fouls !-Day be exalted in eyery duty. · Fifthly, Then are oHr religiom duties Without life, 'When 5; thereuno{etled,fixedor conftant \\?11) in them; For life-is 11'henare reli4 fure, fiedfafi, and even prin~iple of motion, but · when men gious duties are religious upon other grounds, they move n uncertainly without life, as their earthly incerefts do. · T'he Ifraelite.r were a dead pco. wbefi ~~n ~e pie in this fenfe, In their11jJliaions they wo~tld feek... C5od early , ~~~ft:~t ~~r: e they 'Would howl upon the;r bedt, for the lolfe of their Csrn and formance of · their oyl, but all this was not, becaufe God 'as provoked, them. · andtherefore the P/~tlmift faith, They q~tickfJ turned out o-fthe · gaod 'Way )11nd their helf~ts 1fCre not fledfafl withinthem~Pf.7i.3 'i· ·· - -- · ~r 3 All
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